References: INTRODUCTION The making of good quality of life for ‘now and future’ generations of humans and non-humans by balancing between economic success‚ ecology practicality and social justice was the focal point of sustainability (Carroll and Buchholtz‚ 2009) Source: (Maslow ’s Hierarchy of Needs 1943) The sustainability of an organisation consequently affects the safety needs of employees through the desire for job security
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CEO Compensation As Murphy (1998) rightly points out‚ CEO compensation has become one of the most debated issues in the recent past. A lot of research in this field has been conducted to determine the relationship between CEO pay levels with the corporate performance‚ firm size‚ board vigilance‚ CEO’s human capital‚ tenure & age. But the results of these researches are not very hopeful and have yielded conflicting results. This review aims at understanding these relationships and also tries
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word count: 4106 Introduction...............................................................................................................................2 Social accounting as a concept.................................................................................................2 `Social accounting` definition The development of the concept The reasons of producing such reports nowadays Principles of good social accounts Global standards for social and environmental reports Critical
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3. Corporations practicing stakeholder management will be more sustainable. Discuss. Over the years‚ social and ethical concerns have brought attention to the community that caused much bitter conflict to the relationship between business and society. As people become better educated and more affluent‚ rising expectations naturally follow for major institutions and these developed a backdrop against which criticisms towards businesses have grown. Therefore‚ these created the need for them to assume
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Carroll / CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY BUSINESS & SOCIETY / September 1999 Corporate Social Responsibility Evolution of a Definitional Construct ARCHIE B. CARROLL University of Georgia There is an impressive history associated with the evolution of the concept and definition of corporate social responsibility (CSR). In this article‚ the author traces the evolution of the CSR construct beginning in the 1950s‚ which marks the modern era of CSR. Definitions expanded during the 1960s and
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Nike CSR Corporate social responsibility can be defined as the "economic‚ legal‚ ethical‚ and discretionary expectations that society has of organisations at a given point in time" (Carroll and Buchholtz 2003‚ p. 36). The concept of corporate social responsibility means that organizations have moral‚ ethical‚ and philanthropic responsibilities in addition to their responsibilities to earn a fair return for investors and comply with the law. A traditional view of the corporation suggests that its
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organization’s ‘debts to society’‚ which led to the branch of ethics known as ‘corporate social responsibility’. This refers to ‘the economic‚ legal‚ ethical‚ and philanthropic expectations placed on organizations by society at a given point in time’ (Carroll and Buchholtz‚ 2000). This theory of responsibility to society is based around two headings‚ stated by Wells (1998). Social Responsibility deals with ‘the purposes for which companies should act’ (Wells‚ 1998)‚ and Corporate Responsibility is the ‘liability
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Independent Article Report: “Why Companies Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Their Social Responsibilities” Theme of the Article Over the years‚ the perspective of corporate social responsibility has evolved in Corporate America. Today‚ many businesses have made promises to contribute to current social problems‚ such as the environment and labor standards. Companies are now looking at corporate social responsibility as a sustainability tactic that can benefit their overall market value. Companies
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Introduction Wildlife refers to non-domesticated free ranging animals in their naturally associated environment or habitat which includes terrestrial vertebrates‚ mammals and birds. The wildlife product we chose as a group is the Cape buffalo which is known by some people as the African Buffalo. 2 The group met on four consecutive occasions and the medium used for our research was all internet based. Thus the Google search engine was used throughout. This project would bring to bear the
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shtml [Accessed: 17th November‚ 2011] Belz‚ F.M & Peattie‚ K Brooks‚J. (2011) Lego: ban on board from deforestation. Packaging News. August. pp.5 Business & the Environment (2004) Capitalizing on the Competitive Advantage afforded by CSR Carroll‚ A.B & Bucholtz‚ A.K (2011) Business and Society ethics‚ sustainability and stakeholder management. 8th Edition. USA: South- Western College publisher. CSR Europe (2007) Lego and IKEA Most – respected Companies Worldwide. Available at: http://www
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